Sentences with phrase «for lawyers in private practice»

In 1980, I bought and put a desktop computer on the desk of each of my legal research lawyers at LAO LAW, (a large centralized legal research unit at Legal Aid Ontario for lawyers in private practice willing to service legal aid cases).

By its ninth year of development (1988), LAO LAW was producing legal opinions for lawyers in private practice at the rate of 5,000 per year — because those lawyers could make more money using LAO LAW instead of billing Legal Aid for their own legal research hours.

By its 9th year of development, 1988, it was producing 5,000 legal opinions per year for lawyers in private practice for their legal aid cases.

By 1988, my staff was producing legal opinions at the rate of 5,000 per year for lawyers in private practice who did legal aid cases.

When I was LAO LAW's first Director of Research (1979 - 1988), my staff was producing close to 5,000 legal opinions per year for lawyers in private practice.

For lawyers in private practice networking is usually done for marketing purposes.

By specializing my staff, materials used, and principles of database management, by 1988 we were producing more than 5,000 complete legal opinions for lawyers in private practice who do legal aid cases.

In the early 1970s, introduced by large firms, hourly billing became the norm for the majority if not for all lawyers in private practice.»

As a result, it now provides much more than legal research support for lawyers in private practice who do legal aid cases.

Not exact matches

For every tech startup, there's a lawyer in private practice or a video production company.

For Devine — Daley's top deputy in the state's attorney's office, former Chicago Park District Board president and now a highly respected trial lawyer in private practice — that could include a federal judgeship or even U.S. attorney in Chicago if Jim Burns steps down.

His professional experience includes being a lawyer in private practice, a partner of Grossman, Lavine and Rinaldo, a public defender for the Legal Aid Society, in the City of New York and an instructor of Cardoza Law School's Intensive Trial Advocacy Program.

I am a lawyer in private practice in Australia, a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Law and also an Adjunct Fellow at the School of Law and at the School of Medicine, Western Sydney University, an Adjunct Professor at the Australian Centre for Health Law Research.

Tom: When we moved back [Tom worked in Hawaii state government post-college, then left the state for law school, an eight - year stint as an in - house lawyer for the National School Boards Association, and a few years in private practice in Seattle before moving back to Hawaii over three years ago], six months after I got there [Hawaii], the Commission was looking for its first executive director.

SYSS was co-founded by Caroline Griffin, a Baltimore lawyer in private practice for 20 years before becoming the Chair of the Mayor's Anti-Animal Abuse Advisory Commission in Baltimore, the first animal abuse commission in the country.

For now, it remains open only to lawyers who are in private practice or who work as corporate counsel.

The general practitioner is disappearing and the per capita number of lawyers in private practice has been decreasing for decades.

I developed these methods as part of the technology of centralized legal research at LAO LAW, Legal Aid Ontario's (LAO's) centralized legal research unit for Ontario lawyers in private practice who service legal aid cases (a judicare model).

It would create a single bargaining agent to negotiate with the software program producers on behalf of all lawyers in private practice in Canada for the necessary programs.

I can see where many lawyers can get burned out or just do not like the practice of law in the private sector, but for me it has been a natural transition.

By 1988, LAO LAW was producing legal opinions at a rate of more than 5,000 per year for legal aid lawyers (lawyers in private practice who do legal aid cases).

The largest salary divide between men and women in - house in Canada exists in the most senior roles for equivalent work and diversity remains a challenge, but as more young lawyers make the switch from private practice sooner in their career that gap should close, according to a recent survey.

The obligation to promote the administration of justice for an in - house lawyer is markedly different than a litigator in private practice.

To ensure the cost - effective delivery of legal services, a lawyer in private practice needs to: (1) operate in a skilled and efficient manner; (2) keep accurate records of time and costs; (3) maintain communication with the client as the matter progresses; (4) inform the client is there is a need for change in the arrangements concerning the scope of the work or fees and expenses; (5) bill clients monthly or quarterly, or as arranged, but promptly in accordance with the arrangement; and (6) maintain an internal rate schedule justifiable to the consumer, and review it at least annually.

We're looking for technology - focused start - ups that have the passion and drive to improve the lives of lawyers and their colleagues, whether in private practice or in - house.

Attorneys employed and assigned by Latitude provide legal services only under the professional oversight of an in - house or private - practice lawyer for the client who is not associated with Latitude.

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We've already received great attention for how we're streamlining the private practice of law (see this recent Wired article, where our AI development was featured alongside Google's), and now we can't wait to aid lawyer's country - wide and in every practice area.

Fact: When lawyers leave private practice (e.g., to retire, go in - house, move to another jurisdiction or take a temporary leave to focus on family) they usually qualify for exemption from payment of the program premiums.

This book offers proven methods and invaluable insights on successful negotiation processes for both in - house counsel and business lawyers in private practice, as well as business managers and dispute resolvers such as mediators and arbitrators.

Being an in - house lawyer means that you are allowed to get more engaged with the commercial activities, rather than working for private practices (such as the «Magic Circle firms» mentioned before) which are generally much more high - pressured jobs.

The Justicia Project was first developed by the Law Society of Upper Canada and is a voluntary program for law firms to identify and implement best practices to retain and advance women lawyers in private practice.

Even more interestingly, the survey found that 40 percent of corporate counsel and private practice attorneys expressed interest in an online professional network specifically for lawyers.

I had a private tour earlier this week of the new LexisNexis product launched in Ontario, PCLaw Practice Suite, intended primarily for firms with 1 to 5 lawyers.

Lawyers in private - practice can not both sustain a business and give away their services for free or at affordable rates.

For the majority of lawyers in private practice, income generated comes from the generalized hourly billing model.

Now, 15 years later, the Law Society of Upper Canada has released its report on retaining women in the profession and many of the same issues raised by Wilson are still present: a high proportion of women enter the legal profession at the initial entry level (more than 50 per cent of lawyers called to the bar are female), and that there is a higher attrition rate for women than men from private practice.

The recent Law Society of BC Report on the Retention of Women in Law Task Force notes as follows: • Women have been entering the legal profession in BC in numbers equal to or greater than men for more than a decade, yet represent only about 34 % of all practicing lawyers in the province and only about 29 % of lawyers in full - time private practice; and • the legal profession in BC is aging and there will be a net reduction in the number of practicing lawyers — a looming shortage — as older lawyers retire without a corresponding increase in younger lawyers joining the profession.

However, the number of senior women lawyers in private practice is increasing so slowly that it will be a long time to wait for greater female judicial representation if appointments stay locked below the percentage of women in the practice of law.

It will take much longer for women to advance beyond their current 26 % of lawyers in private practice.

A total of 26 lawyers are ranked in the following practice areas for Massachusetts: Antitrust, Banking & Finance, Bankrupcty / Restructuring, Corporate / M & A, Environment, Health Care, Hedge & Mutual Funds, Intellectual Property, Labor & Employment, Litigation: General Commercial, Litigation: White Collar Crime & Government Investigations, Private Equity: Venture Capital Investment.

Fortunately we know many good Illinois lawyers with a lot of experience defending federal charges, including many attorneys that used to work for the Department of Justice and now are in private law practice in Illinois.

Many of the benefits from insuring lawyers individually under the primary Law Society program are only possible because LAWPRO provides the insurance for all lawyers called and in private practice in Ontario.

I do, though, think it's troubling the number of young lawyers who find that life in private practice just isn't what they signed up for.

Certainly it's still comparatively early days for private practice and many lawyers — particularly disputes lawyers — are still sceptical over how far eSignatures can go in their practice.

A limit of $ 250,000 will be adequate for certain lawyers, including those who were never in private practice and who may only be worried about «phantom client» scenarios (instances in which individuals may have misinterpreted casual conversations or presentations as legal advice).

Racialized and diverse lawyers from private practice who are interested in pitching for work from big companies such as Home Depot, Bruce Power, BMO Financial, Nissan Canada and more are invited to sign up for the Diversity Pitch Event March 7 in Toronto.

However, women still account for only 40 per cent of lawyers in the profession, 33 per cent of lawyers in private practice and 22 per cent of law firm partners.

Prior to returning to private practice, Richard was General Counsel at EDS Canada for 18 years where he headed a team of lawyers and contract professionals with responsibility for the legal aspects of EDS» business in Canada.

An insurance defence lawyer for Torkin Manes LLP, Harrington is a 30 - year private practice lawyer who does work for companies that don't necessarily have in - house departments.